UAB ADVANCE Institutional Transformation

Award

2003-2008

National Science Foundation

UAB ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Award

The mission of the UAB ADVANCE program is to increase the participation and advancement of women in science, engineering, and social science academic careers.

The UAB Office for the Advancement of Women in Science and Engineering (OAWSE) was created in the Fall 2003 to serve as a resource for women faculty on campus and to run the UAB ADVANCE program.

Our programs are for faculty in the Schools of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (NSM), Engineering, and Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS).

The focus of our work is to increase awareness of the issues involving all women in academia, and to help develop and disseminate best practices to improve retention and recruitment of women faculty at UAB.

UAB ADVANCE Program Personnel

Principle Investigators Jeannette Doeller -

Associate Dean, Graduate School

Eli Capilouto - Acting Provost Jim McClintock - Interim

Dean, Graduate School, former Dean, NSM

Linda Lucas - Dean, Engineering

Wendy Gunther-Canada - Associate Professor, Government, SBS

OAWSE Staff Jeannette Doeller - Director Fran Wood - Executive

Assistant Mirjam-Colette Kempf -

Research Associate Helena Sviglin - Program

Manager Kellie Carter - Publications

Specialist Darrell Ray - Financial Officer Thomas Harris - Webpage

Designer

UAB ADVANCE Program Personnel

Executive Board Jeannette Doeller - Director Wendy Gunther-Canada -

Associate Professor, Government, co-PI

Mirjam-Colette Kempf - Research Associate

Carolyn Braswell - Assistant Vice President, Equity and Diversity

Julia Austin - Director, Professional Development Program, Graduate School

Helena Sviglin - Program Manager

Advisors/Contributors Carol Garrison - UAB

President Tennant McWilliams - Dean,

SBS Lowell Wenger - Dean, NSM Rose Scripa - Associate

Provost, Undergraduate Programs/Faculty Affairs

Louis Dale - Vice President, Equity and Diversity

Virginia Gauld - Vice President, Student Affairs

UAB ADVANCE Program Elements

Faculty Awards 3-6 ADVANCE Senior Professorships 5 ADVANCE Junior Professorships (one per year) 2 Transition Award (one in years 2,4)

UAB ADVANCE Symposium (2004, 2006, 2008) To present progress and highlights of the UAB ADVANCE program to the

campus community, and to inform the community on the issue of advancement of women in academic science and engineering careers

Visiting Scholars Program To bring women scientists and engineers to UAB as part of regular seminar

series for networking, role models Faculty Career Development Program

For field-specific training programs Materials Sciences/Engineering Assistant Professor to attend leadership workshop

Work with Julia Austin, Director, Graduate School Professional Development Program, to develop workshops/seminars

UAB ADVANCE Program Elements

Research Grant Program To support program-initiated and/or investigator-initiated research Funded items

UAB ADVANCE Academic Climate Survey (data entry complete) UAB Spouse/Partner Relocation program

Supplemental Start Up Funds To support recruitment and hiring of women faculty Awards given

Assistant Professor, Department of Government, SBS, 1/04 Assistant Professor, Department of Government, SBS, 2/04

Website Development http://www.uab.edu/advance External Advisory Board

Sue Rosser, Dean, Ivan Allen College, and co-PI, ADVANCE project, Georgia Institute of Technology

Ansley Abraham, Director, Southern Regional Educational Board Doctoral Scholars Program

Joan Lorden, Provost, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

UAB ADVANCE Program Elements

External Evaluation AAAS Research Competitiveness Service (RCS)

Ed Derrick, Director RCS, will provide coordination AAAS Panel members: Amanda Hunt, Yolanda George, Shirley Malcom Additional consultants: Suzanne Brainard (U Washington), Anne Machung (U

California Office of the President) UAB site visit April 12-14, 2004

NSF Indicators Data collection, analysis and reporting underway